EVENT: A lion dance parade, elaborate costumes, eye-catching artistic demonstrations, origami workshops, live cultural entertainment, delicious food tastings and beverages will highlight a Lunar New Year festival hosted by UCI’s social sciences, law and business schools in conjunction with the campus’s John S. & Marilyn Long U.S.-China Institute for Business & Law. WHEN/WHERE: 3:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, […]
Laser Associated Sciences has received $50,000 for placing second in primeUC, a systemwide competition for early-stage companies involved in the development of innovative life science technologies. The competition was part of UC President Janet Napolitano’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, which aims to help startups affiliated with the university. Founded by UCI Beckman Laser Institute graduates Sean White, […]
Dalai Lama Scholar Mary Sargious spearheads a project pairing UCI mentors with foster and first-generation teens
Proof-of-concept study shows possibilities for mind-controlled technology
Coastal Synechococci from the New England shelf thrive in high- and low-iron waters by using different sets of proteins for iron uptake and storage, but a Synechococcus strain from the open Atlantic Ocean does not have this protein-based response and must make tough choices.
A research team that includes UC Irvine proposes using a laser mounted on the International Space Station to zap threatening space debris.
Planet Earth is surrounded. Thousands of tons of dangerous space debris circles in low orbit, threatening serious damage, even death, if any were to strike the International Space Station. A proposal by a research team that includes UC Irvine could be the answer. In a paper published Friday, April 24, the scientists describe a device […]
Charles Limoli will lead effort to see how cosmic radiation affects astronauts’ cognition
Three first-year undergraduates reflect on why they became Anteaters
EVENT: Francisco Javier Mendieta, director-general of the Mexican Space Agency, will speak on “Challenges & Opportunities of a Newly Created Space Agency: Advancing Technology for the Good of Humanity.” WHEN/WHERE: 4-5:30 p.m. Monday, March 2, in the Calit2 auditorium (grid H8, bldg. 325 on campus map: http://communications.uci.edu/documents/pdf/UCI_14_map_campus_core.pdf) INFORMATION: Media planning to attend should contact Cathy […]